rē'ûm

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Akkadian

[edit]
Root
r-'-y
1 term

Etymology

[edit]

Compare Arabic رَاعٍ (rāʕin, herdsman) and Biblical Hebrew רֹעֶה (roʕɛ́, herdsman).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

rē'ûm m (base rē'i, plural rē'û) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. participle of 𒊑𒂍𒌝 (re'ûm, to pasture):
    1. shepherd, herdsman
    2. (transferred) shepherd, protector (of humanity, of the land, etc.)

Alternative forms

[edit]
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic

References

[edit]
  • “rē'û”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011